July 4, 2012 – MIDDLE EAST – Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah and Iran will fight alongside the Syrian regime if it is attacked by foreign forces, a pro-Damascus Palestinian fighter leader said on Tuesday. In the event of “a foreign attack, we discussed with our brothers (in the Syrian regime), with (Hezbollah chief) Hassan Nasrallah and our brothers in Iran, we will be part of this battle,” said Ahmad Jibril of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. In an interview with Beirut-based Mayadeen television, Jibril said that if a “Turkish-European alliance or NATO escalate… we will take to the streets and fight on behalf of all those with honour and our Syrian brothers.” Jibril also cited Nasrallah as saying Hezbollah would fight on behalf of the Syrian regime, and described the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah alliance as “one axis” that the PFLP-GC is part of. He added that he met recently with Nasrallah, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, without specifying when. He also noted that the Hezbollah chief “said he would join this battle, in the event of a foreign attack” on Syria. The Iranian regime, he said, told him it would not allow a strike on Syria. “We have warned the Turks several times not to play with fire,” Jibril said. Echoing the Syrian regime’s discourse, the PFLP-GC chief said the 16-month uprising against Assad was not a genuine local movement, but rather “a change in the foundations of this region in order to create a new Middle East,” referring to a term coined in 2006 by former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Jibril described the defence of the Syrian regime as “a decisive battle.” Victory would be necessary, he said, in order to “defeat the American and Zionist projects.” –Gulf News

Iran says missiles could destroy US missile bases: Iran has threatened to destroy U.S. military bases across the Middle East and target Israel within minutes of being attacked, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, as Revolutionary Guards extended test-firing of ballistic missiles into a third day. Iran on Tuesday test-fired in its central desert a ballistic missile capable of striking Israel as part of war games designed to show its ability to retaliate if attacked, media said. Israel has hinted it may attack Iran if diplomacy fails to secure a halt to its disputed nuclear energy program. The United States also has mooted military action as a last-resort option but has frequently nudged the Israelis to give time for intensified economic sanctions to work against Iran. “These bases are all in range of our missiles, and the occupied lands (Israel) are also good targets for us,” Amir Ali Haji Zadeh, commander of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace division, was quoted by Fars news agency as saying. Haji Zadeh said 35 U.S. bases were within reach of Iran’s ballistic missiles, the most advanced of which commanders have said could hit targets 2,000 km (1,300 miles) away. ‘We have thought of measures to set up bases and deploy missiles to destroy all these bases in the early minutes after an attack,” he added. It was not clear where Haji Zadeh got his figures on U.S. bases in the region. U.S. military facilities in the Middle East are located in Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Turkey, and it has around 10 bases further afield in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. -Reuters

U.S. increases military presence: The United States has quietly moved significant military reinforcements into the Persian Gulf to deter the Iranian military from any possible attempt to shut the Strait of Hormuz and to increase the number of fighter jets capable of striking deep into Iran if the standoff over its nuclear program escalates. The deployments are part of a long-planned effort to bolster the American military presence in the gulf region, in part to reassure Israel that in dealing with Iran, as one senior administration official put it last week, “When the president says there are other options on the table beyond negotiations, he means it.” But at a moment that the United States and its allies are beginning to enforce a much broader embargo on Iran’s oil exports, meant to force the country to take seriously the negotiations over sharply limiting its nuclear program, the buildup carries significant risks, including that Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps could decide to lash out against the increased presence. –NY Times

Turkey recovers pilots’ bodies: Turkey on Wednesday found the bodies of two pilots shot down by Syria last month during a contested flight that pushed the neighbors’ relations to a new low almost a year after Ankara threw its weight behind the opposition to oust President Bashar al-Assad from power. The military General Staff in Ankara said on Wednesday that it was working to remove the bodies of Captain Gokhan Ertan and Lieutenant Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy from the Mediterranean. Turkey didn’t identify the location of the dead pilots or provide any additional details. The armed forces weren’t immediately able to provide comment. -WSJ

25 Responses to Seeds of World War 3: Hezbollah and Iran say they will fight with Assad to defend Syria against any invasion

I truly hope that nothing bad happens, but being an astrology fan, I noticed that tense aspects to Pluto in US chart tend to coincide with increased military/humanitarian aid-type of activity. In the upcoming months, July 13-15, 18-20, and especially Aug 7-16 (peaking on the 13th) have those kind of tense signatures. It doesn’t necessarily mean a physical attack–it could be just increased negotiations and working out some new rules.

Well, Hezbollah has been well armed by both countries and is a viable threat to Israel.
I read the first article three times and at no time was Israel mentioned, only a Turkey-European Alliance or an Nato escalation..

In the second article which is an old article, is about the availability of a 1,000 missiles to fire against us middle east bases and Israel(can’t leave them out).

This past week, were was a spot report on the internet that allegedly Israel had struck a location in
Lebanon manned by Hezbollah operators used to spy on Northern Israel. Also, there was a posted report of Israeli Armor moving towards defensive positions near the Golan Heights and of course
Turkey’s movements on this site.

There was a spot report and perhaps a posting here that Israel was greatly concerned about the status and security of Syrian chemical and biological arsenals near Damascus. Concerns that AL:quida (misspelled on purpose) might seize some of those sites if the situation in Syria deteriorated worse than is .
I would just like to mentioned, regardless of what is happening in the rest of the world.”The real heat is on here”.

I am christian and I know this..palstinians are not shitte Muslims. they are sunni.. Palestinians will not protect the syrian presadent.. the syrian prsadent is shitte muslim.. and so is the Iranian presadent.. Palestinians stand for the people being peroscuted in syria by there presadent. (a pro-Damascus Palestinian fighter leader said on Tuesday??) whats the name of this leader you speak of??? never herd of him.. this does not seem legit at all. A Palestinian fighter leader??? if hes a freedom fighter trust me he dosent stand with syria lol

Iran knows how to talk but not how to act. They love to brag about what are they gona do and how much they hate this country but they never actually attack. The day they don’t say anything at all that’s the day we really need to be concern. It is like every other threath they have done for the past years blah blah blah = nothing. They are like the dog who barks but don’t bite.

That’s the danger I don’t think most people have considered. The amount of conventional weaponry being arrayed on both sides now is of such magnitude that the only way to redress a reprisal will be with EMP bombs, or nukes or both. The stakes in this drama are precipitously rising to frightening dimensions with each passing day. The US can’t stop that many missiles from hitting their bases, so when will the decision be made to use something infinitely more destructive against Iran and what point in the conflict does it enter the picture? Similarly, Hezbollah has more than 40,000 rockets aimed at Israel and threaten to unleash their version of ‘ballistic Armageddon’ if Iran is attacked. Against, if Israel is overwhelmed…it’s much more likely to use a nuclear deterrent to ward off an annihilation of its people.

It’s Isreal that scares me… They have the weapons and I have no doubt that if push comes to shove they will use every one at their disposal if attacked. Hope your well Alvin? Stay safe and peace to everyone………..hopefully….

All this reminds me of the scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, where several people are in a stand off pointing loaded guns at each other. As the tension builds, one person impulsively or accidentally fires his gun and sets off a chain-reaction….end result is they all shoot each other, DEAD.

Seems like we’re in a world-wide version of that, and with nuclear weapons. It is only a matter of time before and accident or one impulsive side sets off a chain reaction that cannot be stopped. Not a question of IF, in my opinion, but simply when.

I do not understand war. Is it caused from bratty spoiled only child syndrome? Or is it some kind of knee jerk reaction to a mid life crisis? Personally I think they should be put on anti anxiety medications and take a long vacation to a tropical island or a water / theme park.

The people that want war are the ones with weapons to sell and they make customers by getting two or more groups angry with each other.Then there are the people that just want to control and dominate as many as they can and they need weapons to wage their war.

I think its ironic that I like to play online war games but am absolutely apalled by the senseless waste of real war.All the resources and people that get wasted in wars that could be better used to help everyone on the planet.
I sometimes wonder just how much better the planet would be now if we ALL worked together to solve the worlds problems.

Nothing will change until mankind as a whole has a serious additude adjustment.

I would like to see all the money that is spent on war put into science institutions and space exploration programs. At some day we will out grow our planet and we will be forced to find recourses in other parts of the universe. Mankind has great potential and should not kill each other over petty things that get forgotten about once they are obtained. I believe in what is true freedom, which is living a healthy life with good food, water and free of toxins that promote disease and clouded thinking.

The new kingdom will be ruled by the ones who live a simple and peaceful life.
Weapons will not exist, its gonna be a gigantic scrapheap challenge after armageddon to collect all twisted metal that will be left after the last great war and melt it down to useful farming equipment etc

The question is why cant mankind stop playing wargames right now?
Jesus said if someone hits you on the cheek, turn also the other cheek to him.

every time I hear and realize how tense things are, I just think that it’s only God that is holding things from exploding before the right time. And when the middle east finally explodes (Psalm 83, Ezekiel 39, Isaiah 17 and everything else in between), it will probably be sudden and without warning.